I love having a nosey at everyone else's Christmas trees. Everyone has such different tastes so it's fun to see the personal touches they add. I like mine to be filled with all different kinds of unique ornaments, and try to pick up new ones each year. I love that I have a mix of old and … Continue reading Festive Friday: O Christmas Tree
Today's festive DIY is a cute peppermint candy cane body scrub. It's very easy to do, and could be used as a unique gift idea or for yourself for festive feelings! Not only does it look cute and Christmassy, it's also peppermint-scented! What you'll need: An empty jar or cute containerWhite sugar - enough to fill the jarCarrier … Continue reading Homemade Christmas: Candy Cane Body Scrub
This weekend I’ll be putting up my Christmas decorations and tree - such an exciting time of year! One of my favourite things ever is opening my Christmas boxes and remembering all the different decorations I have. My tree is always filled with random unique ornaments rather than being colour co-ordinated and I love picking … Continue reading Festive Friday: Decoration Inspiration
Nothing says Christmas like the smell of gingerbread. Here’s a nice little crafty project to create non-edible decorations that look and smell of gingerbread. These ornaments are made of cinnamon dough, so they’re hard, non-edible and will hopefully last - and they’ll make a cute addition to my Christmas tree this year! What you’ll need: … Continue reading Homemade Christmas: Gingerbread Decorations
If you’re going to a Christmas party this year the time has come to pick out your festive party dress, and this weekend will be full of online deals so it’s a great weekend to buy one. A couple of years ago I worked for a company whose Christmas “do” was a dressed down affair, … Continue reading Festive Friday: Perfect Party Dresses
I really love Lush. I love them for their cruelty-free ethics and some fab products such as the fresh face masks, the pigmented make-up, the cleansers etc. But I've never really been keen on all the novelty products - the heavily perfumed novelty bath bombs and the themed gift-wrapped boxes for example. Actually, anything that seems more about "style" than "substance" (in … Continue reading Tried and Tested: Lush FUN
As well as festive Fridays I also wanted to do a series of posts devoted to the joy of hand-making items for Christmas. I always love adding my personal touch to Christmas, whether it’s homemade decorations, DIY gifts, creative gift wrap or home-baked festive food, so this series is all about that. I hope you … Continue reading Homemade Christmas: Festive Gift Jars
This week I was lucky enough to be invited down to La Senza for their “Hello Sugar” launch, which in a nutshell consisted of drinks, sweet treats, lingerie themed nail art by WAH nails and a full bra fitting experience which resulted in me walking away with one perfectly fitting and super-pretty new bra set. The first … Continue reading La Senza and My New Well-Fitting Party Bra
The Christmas countdown continues with the second of my Festive Friday series, and todays is all about Christmas jumpers. After shedding their geeky image and becoming massively fashionable in recent years, this Christmas they are still looking to be as popular as ever. And if you don't want to miss out I'd recommend getting yours sorted early as they could … Continue reading Festive Friday: Ways to Wear Novelty Knits
I've made the decision to give my trusty old favourite MAC mascara the elbow for ethical reasons (they currently sell into China where animal testing is required on cosmetics). After it ran out I decided I wanted to give Urban Decay a go instead, because not only do I like their makeup in general, they’ve also been brave enough to pull out … Continue reading Reviewed: Urban Decay Lush Lash Mascara
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